Meningococcal endophthalmitis without meningitis.
Meningococcal endophthalmitis is usually diagnosed by the isolation of organisms from specimens of cerebrospinal fluid or blood, rarely from aspirates of aqueous or vitreous. In the case reported in this paper the organisms were isolated from both the aqueous and the vitreous but not from any extraocular specimens.
D000293:Adolescent; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000601:surgery; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents